disastrous

Questions about disastrous

What is another word for disastrous?

It depends which disastrous you mean. In the sense “(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin”, the synonyms are black, calamitous, fatal, fateful. Across all 1 sense there are 4 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of disastrous?

WordNet records no antonym for disastrous. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for disastrous come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of disastrous

• Full entry for disastrousAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for disastrousWords matching from the last stressed vowel onward, grouped by syllable count.
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